Géza Maróczy Makes Another Wild Queen Sacrifice

March 21, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Hungarian chess master Geza Maroczy makes a Queen sacrifice (Queen against 2 Knights) and creates a dangerous King-side attack which requires a very accurate defense!
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Geza Maroczy vs Samuel Jacoby
Budapest (1896), Budapest AUH
Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense (C25)
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.f5
Ng4 8.Qe2 g6 9.h3 Nd4 10.hxg4 Nxe2 11.Kxe2 gxf5 12.gxf5 c6
13.Bc4 d5 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Ng5 Qf6 16.Nxh7 Qg7 17.Bg5 Qxh7
18.Rxh7 Kxh7 19.Bf6
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